Description of University of Pennsylvania Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1004: Saṃkṣepaśārīraka. University of Pennsylvania These images and the content of Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1004: Saṃkṣepaśārīraka. are free of known copyright restrictions and in the public domain. See the Creative Commons Public Domain Mark page for usage details, http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/. Metadata is ©2018 University of Pennsylvania Books & Manuscripts and licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License version 4.0 (CC-BY-4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode. For a description of the terms of use see the Creative Commons Deed https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. Title from colophon (f. 168v). Written in 8-17 lines per leaf. 168 leaves foliated 1-168, upper left and lower right verso. Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout. Machine-made paper with watermarks through half the folios of the manuscript; the watermark is a crest with a crown and some wording as well as a crest with some vegetation (?) and an animal of some kind. Manuscript was formerly part of a larger manuscript along with Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1005, Item 1006, and Item 1007. 3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206. University of Pennsylvania Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1004 9962986713503681 http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/895003458 Manuscript is used for contemplation, study and recitation and is a reworking, in verse, of Śaṅkarācārya's foundational philosophical commentary on the Brahmāsūtras, known as the Śārīrakamīmāṃsābhāṣya, one of the cornerstones of the Hindu philosophical system known as Advaita (non-dualism) Vedānta. Manuscript contains the first section of the large work as well as including a running commentary, horizontally above and below the main text, called the Saṃkṣepaśārīrakasārasaṃgraha by Madhusūdana Sarasvatī. In Sanskrit Saṃkṣepaśārīraka. संक्षेपशारीरक Sarvajñātman Madhusūdana Sarasvatī Colophon: iti śrīdeveśvarapūjapādaśiṣyasarvajñātmamahāmuneḥ kṛtau śārīrakamīmāṃsābhāṣyaprakaraṇavārttikasaṃkṣepaśārīrake prathamo 'dhyāyaḥ 1 (f. 168v).

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 1 item (168 leaves) : 12 x 31 cm Advaita Vedanta Hindu philosophy Philosophy, Indic Poems Commentaries Treatises Watermarks Manuscripts, Sanskrit--18th century Manuscripts, Sanskrit--19th century Manuscripts--India--18th century Manuscripts--India--19th century